Open AccessIMMUNITY OF HIGHER OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Author(s) -
V.O. Nahorna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lógos. mistectvo naukovoï dumki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-4139
pISSN - 2617-7064
DOI - 10.36074/2663-4139.08.05
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , state immunity , state (computer science) , political science , law , position (finance) , element (criminal law) , qualified immunity , relation (database) , international law , law and economics , sociology , business , civil rights , computer science , finance , algorithm , database , programming language
International law imposes certain immunities on persons representing the interests of the state. The immunity of state officials does not relate to the personal rights and freedoms of the individual, but is related to the exercise of the relevant functions of the official as an element of the actual position occupied, which has an objective expression and is an important feature of the special status of the higher officials of the states due to the nature of their representative functions. According to the concept widely recognized by States and the judiciary, issues relating to persons enjoying immunity, its scope and possible exceptions, are often considered in relation to two different categories of immunity, namely personal and functional immunities.